University High School - Spirit Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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DeWayne Hale and Billy Black discuss matters before going to the plate. DeWayne made all-district for the Troians. l All Bud Spence and Chris Rodriquez talk things over on the pitcher 's mound at Trojan Field. Chris was one ofthe Troians top hurlers. Bud played shortstop.

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Members of the i959 Troian Baseball Squad are on the first row, left to right: Carl Floyd Robert Reid, Bud Spence, Gary Covey, Captain Larry Weeks, Orval Kilgore, Billy Black Orland Long, Chris Rodriquez. On the second row are Mr. Pearson, Larry Lancaster, Billy Case, Aubrey Richards, Lewis Davis, Claude Pane, Johnny Whiteside, Jerry Dyer, and Bob Moore. The l959 rendition of the University High Baseball Squad proved to be one of the most interesting in past years, since it saw the team play a number of close games against good teams, yet lose many of these. Many sophomores and juniors were on the team. In fact, there were eight starters that were either iuniors or sophomores. There were many exciting games played by the Trojans. Among these were games against Waco High, Cleburne, Killeen, LaVega, Waxahachie, Mart, and Stephenville. LEADING HITTERS BILLY BLACK ROBERT REID BUD SPENCE DE WAYNE HALE

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W5? 7 First Row, left to right: DeWayne Hale, Darryl Cox, Lloyd Schmedthorst, David Granger, David Segrest, Rex Whitaker, Dub Allen, Bret Benton, and Bobby Robertson. Second Row, left to right: Mr. Dierking, Jimmy Brewer, Freddy Randall, Ronald Freeman, Lee Mendenhall Norman Oates, Johnny Dolezel, Alton McNew, Bobby Powers, Clarence Garland, Gene Glockzin, and Johnny Norman. SEASON The i959 Troian Track Squad was o Cinderella team. In iust one yeor the squad rose from an obscure team to one of the strongest in all Central Texas. Featuring one of the strongest stable of distance runners in the state, the Trojans breezed to victories in the Cameron Relays and the District 9AAA Meet. One of the most thrilling performances of the year took place at the Cameron Relays where University won the meet by one half point over the Temple Wildcats. Temple was the only team that gave the Trojans any competition pointwise. Until the last few events of the meet the UHS Squad was trailing by a number of points. Then came three places in the 880 yard run for University. This put the Troians in contention for the win. With only one event left on the schedule, the Troians needed a first in the mile relay to win the meet. This race saw a UHS relay team virtually outrun a Waco High team on nothing but sheer determination to win the mile relay and the Cameron Relays. Starring in this meet were Johnny Dolezel in the 880 yard run and Dub Allen in the mile run.